Closers

H. Street of the A's had a 4 out save with 1K. Owners, just hope he has turned the corner from a poor start to the season. Street has value and should be kept in your line up.

Brad Lidge of the Phillies recorded save and finished a nicely pitched game from teammate B. Myers. Remember when Lidge was on the DL and how crap Gordon was pitching? Well, no more Gordon and hopefully more of Lidge. Owners...Lidge is a good closer but seems to have periods of inconsistency. Keep him in your lineup though.

B. Wagner of the Mets recorded his first save of the season by pitching a perfect 9th. Owners should be happy with Wagner and there isn't much to say about him except he is one of the elite closers in the bigs.

Moylan of the Braves recorded the save and might be the newly crowned closer after Soriano was placed on the DL. As I said in a previous post, make sure to pick up Moylan and Boyer top hedge your risk.

Note pt. 2

Kerry Wood - 1IP, 2H, 3ER, 1BB (intentional), 1K. After being named the closer by coach Pinella, Wood comes out in his first appearance and throws this stat line at Lou. With Marmol and Howry working in save opportunities in 2007 keep an eye out for this closer battle. To give credit to Wood, the closer role is still his but he better change his first day stat line, fast! Wood owners shouldn't worry just yet.

Tom Gordon - 0.1IP, 4H, 5ER, 1BB. When is Lidge coming back?

Barry Zito - Absolutely disgusting!! $126Million for this? (5IP, 8H, 4ER, 1BB, 1K, 1HR) Only thing that overshadows this is his "smooth" fastball topping out at 84MPH. UGLY!! Zito owners, why was he even drafted?

Victor Martinez - Day-to-day with a hamstring injury. Not a great injury for a catcher to have. Also, being a top 5 catcher in a position that is shallow in fantasy eyes V-Mart owners should be a tad worried.

Pat Neshek - 1IP, 1H, 3K. Nice stat line for a RP in any league. Gives the nice boost in ERA, WHIP, K's, and of course the occasional save or vulture win.